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the people of new york, new jersey and new york are suffering. congress needs to get out of the way and send not only this $9.7 billion insurance but the entire package. i yield become. >> the gentleman from new jersey. >> just to set the record straight with regard to the legislation before us a flood insurance program the aid under this program is going and has been going to the recipients in the effected area because there was funding in this program before. what we are doing now is make sure that aid will continue to go to those people who have contracts for insurance. with that i yield two minutes to the gentleman from new york who also is very familiar with the devastation. >> i thank the gentleman for yielding. i rise in strong support of the legislation. as intimated in the summer of 2011 my district was struck by hurricanes. we came together to support my constituents. with that assistance we are in the process of rebuilding. now we come together in the wake of this devastating natural disaster and my state with our neighboring states we
the people of new york, new jersey and new york are suffering. congress needs to get out of the way and send not only this $9.7 billion insurance but the entire package. i yield become. >> the gentleman from new jersey. >> just to set the record straight with regard to the legislation before us a flood insurance program the aid under this program is going and has been going to the recipients in the effected area because there was funding in this program before. what we are doing now...
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jersey and new york areas. this bill is a small first step, but it hardly gets at what we need. our governors requested $80 billion. the administration script it to $60 billion. the senate passed the $60 billion, and that was good news. that was a good, large step forward. the are waiting for the house. then we will have to wait the ideal situation would be for the house to pass the same bill that we passed in the senate and then we could almost certainly unanimous consent it as we did on the floor with the flood insurance but if they make changes, leader reid has promised it will be the first thing we take up when we get back and we will not rest, we will not rest until the full $60 billion is sent to new york and new jersey to provide the relief that our homeowner, our businesses, our communities so desperately need. >> thank you, senator schumer, for your steadfast leadership in fighting for the families in new york and new jersey who so desperately need this money. it's been a very, very tough holiday seaso
jersey and new york areas. this bill is a small first step, but it hardly gets at what we need. our governors requested $80 billion. the administration script it to $60 billion. the senate passed the $60 billion, and that was good news. that was a good, large step forward. the are waiting for the house. then we will have to wait the ideal situation would be for the house to pass the same bill that we passed in the senate and then we could almost certainly unanimous consent it as we did on the...
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. >> gentleman from new jersey? >> i have no additional speakers. >> gentleman from new jersey has the right to close. >> i give one minute to the honorable maxine waters. >> thank you very much. i am so proud of the members of this conditioning from both sides of the aisle who have been real advocates, who have been on television, who have been fighting, members on the opposite side of the aisle criticize their own leadership for the delay. ladies and gentlemen, i am from california. i have witnessed earthquake disaster. i have been involved with trying to help with katrina and making sure that the people who were the victims of katrina were compensated, were taken care of. this is unconsciousable that this has had to take so long. i watch congressman meek up in rockaway, i watched the people who cried, i watched the people who begged for help, who begged for assistance. this is so late in coming so i support this bill today. i am one of the co-authors of the flood insurance reauthorization bill along with ms. bigg
. >> gentleman from new jersey? >> i have no additional speakers. >> gentleman from new jersey has the right to close. >> i give one minute to the honorable maxine waters. >> thank you very much. i am so proud of the members of this conditioning from both sides of the aisle who have been real advocates, who have been on television, who have been fighting, members on the opposite side of the aisle criticize their own leadership for the delay. ladies and gentlemen, i...
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most importantly, my wife cathy to my children kyle, to my parents in new jersey, a shout out. owen who is 92. i can not be where i am today without their love, patience, understanding, and support. there's no way i can ever repay them except to say i will need it for a little bit longer. i am deeply grateful for this opportunity. it will be bittersweet to leave all of my close colleagues and friends here at the white house and that the national security staff but come to work with in respect so deeply. if confirmed by the senate i will consider it to be an honor of my life. >> these are four outstanding individuals. we are grateful to all of them. i want in particular to think mike morell and leon panetta for their extraordinary service. i just want to repeat i hope the senate will act on these confirmations promptly. when it comes to security we do not bite to leave a lot of gaps between the time one set of leaders transitions out of another. we need to get moving quickly. one of the reasons why i am so confident that chuck hagel will be an outstanding secretary offense in jo
most importantly, my wife cathy to my children kyle, to my parents in new jersey, a shout out. owen who is 92. i can not be where i am today without their love, patience, understanding, and support. there's no way i can ever repay them except to say i will need it for a little bit longer. i am deeply grateful for this opportunity. it will be bittersweet to leave all of my close colleagues and friends here at the white house and that the national security staff but come to work with in respect...
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host: steve, thank you for the call this morning from new jersey. this twitter comment -- violent video games? what happened to baseball? another -- media glamorizes the violence. these games are played all over the world. they are just games. phone lines are open. walter, independent line. good morning. your thoughts on violence, the movies, and video games? caller: i am 51 and i have played video games since they came out. a long time ago they used to complain about a game called dungeons and dragons, a role- playing game that they said lead to violence and kids killing people, things like that. it is not. you hear about football players going crazy, things like that. it is just like that. there is something that is wrong with a person that extends through family or whatever. we have got to start looking at getting the family back together again and putting more discipline on the children. the games that my children play, i do not have a problem with them. call of duty, other games like that. i do not believe it is based on the video games. i beli
host: steve, thank you for the call this morning from new jersey. this twitter comment -- violent video games? what happened to baseball? another -- media glamorizes the violence. these games are played all over the world. they are just games. phone lines are open. walter, independent line. good morning. your thoughts on violence, the movies, and video games? caller: i am 51 and i have played video games since they came out. a long time ago they used to complain about a game called dungeons and...
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finally, to my wife cathy, to my children, to my parents in new jersey, a shout out, owen, who is 92 and my mom, who is 91. i could not be it where i am today without their love and patience and understanding, and there is no way i could repaid that. mr. president, i am deeply grateful for this opportunity. it will be bittersweet to leave all my friends here at the white house and the staff i have come to work with and respect so deeply over the last few years. if confirmed by the senate, i would consider it to be the honor of my life to serve. >> these are outstanding individuals. we are grateful to all of them. i want in particular to thank mike and leon panetta for their extraordinary service, and i want to repeat, i hope the senate will act on these confirmations promptly. we do not like to leave a lot of gaps anytime one set of leaders transitions out and another transitions in. a final point i will make, one of the reasons i am so confident chuck hagel is going to be an excellent chief of defense is they understand we are only successful with the folks on the ground who are oft
finally, to my wife cathy, to my children, to my parents in new jersey, a shout out, owen, who is 92 and my mom, who is 91. i could not be it where i am today without their love and patience and understanding, and there is no way i could repaid that. mr. president, i am deeply grateful for this opportunity. it will be bittersweet to leave all my friends here at the white house and the staff i have come to work with and respect so deeply over the last few years. if confirmed by the senate, i...
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i got to fort dix, new jersey in november of 1967 and we were getting ready to board the bus to germa, i took my orders down to the orderly, said i'm going germany but i want to volunteer to go to vietnam. my brother was going to germany well as a cook. and he volunteered to go to vietnam. and the reason they let us both gos because first we essentially gave up our rights, which at that time stipulated that no two members of the same immediate family would have to serve in a combat zone at the same time. since we both volunteered to go, then that took care of that stipulation. >> why did you want to go? >> i thought if america was at war at the time, it needed its best people. i thought if i was going to be in the military and spend a couple of years serving this country, then i should go where there was a war. not war games. and i just felt it was the right thing to do. my father had been in world war ii. served overseas in the army air force. he was a radio operator tail gunner on a b-25 on -- in the south pacific, 2 1/2 years overseas. i'm in the process now and my brothers have be
i got to fort dix, new jersey in november of 1967 and we were getting ready to board the bus to germa, i took my orders down to the orderly, said i'm going germany but i want to volunteer to go to vietnam. my brother was going to germany well as a cook. and he volunteered to go to vietnam. and the reason they let us both gos because first we essentially gave up our rights, which at that time stipulated that no two members of the same immediate family would have to serve in a combat zone at the...
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also, the 50th governor of the state of new jersey. he has more powers in the state than any other government. it is a very important position. [applause] >> thank you. making predictions about 2013 is a dicey proposition. the chances of getting anything right are getting more difficult. i will say that you have a department of energy calling for a 22% in trees. -- in power demand. that is yesterday. making sure there are decisions. what do i see for the future? we're going to see an increased discussion on climate change. it will be driven by the private sector. the state and local governments have been the laboratories of democracy. you will see projects and new regulatory schemes coming through from the state and local level. look at what gov. christie is going to have to face. we're going to have to face in jersey on the shore. it will drive the ability to start reducing our emissions. that will get us to climb change. we have seen an unwillingness. what we're going to look at this point to be a mix. it is an all of the above strat
also, the 50th governor of the state of new jersey. he has more powers in the state than any other government. it is a very important position. [applause] >> thank you. making predictions about 2013 is a dicey proposition. the chances of getting anything right are getting more difficult. i will say that you have a department of energy calling for a 22% in trees. -- in power demand. that is yesterday. making sure there are decisions. what do i see for the future? we're going to see an...
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a caller from new jersey is on the phone. caller: i would like these gentlemen comment on dearing to be a national list rather than a globalist. our cities are plagued by unemployment because of the trade treatments that ship our jobs overseas. we have a defense budget not ready to be audited. in cam den we have water running down the walls of our schools and nobody wants to talk about sank wears on our budgets in new jersey there are illegal ail yens. so i would pray that they will dare to bring up nationally the idea that we would protect our borders, have jobs for ourselves here first. host: thanks. mayor benjamin. guest: sure. we don't have some of the major immigration challenges in arizona that texas might have. but i will say this, for 200 years this american ethos, this believe that the american dream is real. people talk about the american dream that if you work hard and do the right things, you have a chance to do anything you want to do here in america. and that is a part of our country's d.n.a. as a result we are
a caller from new jersey is on the phone. caller: i would like these gentlemen comment on dearing to be a national list rather than a globalist. our cities are plagued by unemployment because of the trade treatments that ship our jobs overseas. we have a defense budget not ready to be audited. in cam den we have water running down the walls of our schools and nobody wants to talk about sank wears on our budgets in new jersey there are illegal ail yens. so i would pray that they will dare to...
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robert is on the democratic line from new jersey. caller: how are you gentlemen? you are looking well. i am a democrat, but i have always liked bill kristol. i've always read the weekly standard. he is a common sense, down to earth republican that i really admire and respect. i watch him off and on fox news sunday. i always want to hear what he has to say, because he speaks to the things that i really agree with. here i am a democrat saying this. guest: you are also my cousin, but we don't after say that on the air. thank you for the kind words. i do happen to have a couple of cousins who are democratic. caller: one of the things about this democratic party is that it is really a very big tent. i don't call myself a blue dog democrats, because i don't believe in that language, but i am a more conservative democrat. let me give you guys this briefly. when chris christie ran for governor of the state news jersey, i did not vote for him, because i did not know anything about him. i had never heard of him and i follow politics pretty closely. i was like, who is this g
robert is on the democratic line from new jersey. caller: how are you gentlemen? you are looking well. i am a democrat, but i have always liked bill kristol. i've always read the weekly standard. he is a common sense, down to earth republican that i really admire and respect. i watch him off and on fox news sunday. i always want to hear what he has to say, because he speaks to the things that i really agree with. here i am a democrat saying this. guest: you are also my cousin, but we don't...
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he is the chairman of the house subcommittee on human rights, and the former director of new jersey right to life. these join me in welcoming chris smith. [applause] >> thank you very much, patrick. it is an honor for my wife and i to be here among you. and to be surrounded by men and women come up members congress, who tenaciously fight and defend basic fundamental human rights, especially the right to life. it is great to be with them and to you. 40 years ago this past tuesday, mike the us bank -- marks the u.s. supreme court abandonment of women and babies to the abortionists. 40 years of victims. dead babies, wounded with him and shattered families. 40 years of government sanctioned violence against women and children. since 1973, more than 55 million children have been killed by abortion. a staggering loss of children's russia slides -- precious lives. a death toll that compares to the entire population of england. this is not change the fact that abortion is a serious, legal violation of fundamental human rights. women and children deserve better. the demands of justice, generosity,
he is the chairman of the house subcommittee on human rights, and the former director of new jersey right to life. these join me in welcoming chris smith. [applause] >> thank you very much, patrick. it is an honor for my wife and i to be here among you. and to be surrounded by men and women come up members congress, who tenaciously fight and defend basic fundamental human rights, especially the right to life. it is great to be with them and to you. 40 years ago this past tuesday, mike the...
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i yield to the gentleman from new jersey who has joined our caucus. representative donald payne junior. pain pain mr. speaker, let me -- mr. payne: let me begin by thanking my chairwoman, fudge for anchoring this evening's special order on the culture of violence. coming together to address unviolence and bullying in america is long overdue. there must be something extraordinarily do truly curb these atrocities from occurringing in our community. too many innocent men, women and children have died because of the ease of access to illegal firearms. 15 of 25 of the worst mass shootings in our history have occurred in america in the last 50 years. harvard injury control research center studies indicate that in homes, cities, states and regions in the u.s. where there are guns, both men and women are at a higher risk for homicide, particularly from firearms. these statistics are tragic. we must do something and we must do something now. on the issue of bullying, bullying is also a major concern in our nation. we will be -- who will we be able to tell what
i yield to the gentleman from new jersey who has joined our caucus. representative donald payne junior. pain pain mr. speaker, let me -- mr. payne: let me begin by thanking my chairwoman, fudge for anchoring this evening's special order on the culture of violence. coming together to address unviolence and bullying in america is long overdue. there must be something extraordinarily do truly curb these atrocities from occurringing in our community. too many innocent men, women and children have...
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jersey spoke up and he spoke with conviction of what i thought was something that was the right thing to do, you know, i felt like the republican party can come back and it can make a difference, for the people and do the right thing, i hope. watching -- i am an african-american, and watching this inauguration with president obama, i was impressed. i was impressed by his leadership and sin air isity and his everyone si. >> i'm -- empathy. host: agnes, i'm going to let you go. here come thest the vice president and jill biden. thanks for your call. ♪ >> ladies and gentlemen, oscar and grammy winner jamie foxx. [applause] >> once again, make some noise for this incredible evening. please, make some noise. [applause] >> now, i understand you're a romantic man. i understand you're romantic. i heard when you met your lovely wife, you whispered in her ear ♪ i can't stop loving you i've made up my mind to live in misery of a lonesome time i can't stop watching you it's useless to say so i'll just live my life in dreams of yesterday yesterday those happy hours that we once knew so long ag
jersey spoke up and he spoke with conviction of what i thought was something that was the right thing to do, you know, i felt like the republican party can come back and it can make a difference, for the people and do the right thing, i hope. watching -- i am an african-american, and watching this inauguration with president obama, i was impressed. i was impressed by his leadership and sin air isity and his everyone si. >> i'm -- empathy. host: agnes, i'm going to let you go. here come...
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she is from new jersey. caller: good morning. i understand that according to the news, mr. bernanke, the head of the federal reserve, is currently in the process of monetizing our debt to the tune of $86 billion per month indefinitely. and he is doing now to buy mortgage securities and treasury bills. do you have any comment on that? guest: there is a lot of divide in american politics over how big of an issue the deficit is. in fact, we have been asking a question for the past four to five years that says, what should be the priority for the government these days, spending to help the economy recover, or reducing the deficit? that is the fundamental debate. the american public is split almost 50-50 throughout this time frame. there are many people who see stimulus as the more immediate priority. there are other people who say we've got to tackle the deficit first. that is what we are seeing happen in washington, d.c. typically, it is the number -- younger generations who are more supportive of the kind of thing you are describing, that the government needs to do something
she is from new jersey. caller: good morning. i understand that according to the news, mr. bernanke, the head of the federal reserve, is currently in the process of monetizing our debt to the tune of $86 billion per month indefinitely. and he is doing now to buy mortgage securities and treasury bills. do you have any comment on that? guest: there is a lot of divide in american politics over how big of an issue the deficit is. in fact, we have been asking a question for the past four to five...
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jersey. next, a look at the impact of the so-called fiscal cliff legislation on the remainder of the 2013 defense department budget. from the center for strategic and budget torrey assessments, this is just over one hour. >> good morning, everyone. i am todd harrison. thank you for coming out this morning. the background we are releasing this morning is, what the fiscal clift deal means for defense. at what i will cover today is pretty dense material. i will acknowledge that first. i will step through just a section of it that deals with the sequestration and talk about what specifically changed. i will walk through the numbers and show how the numbers changed. we will talk about what this means for defense going forward in the next few months in the long term as well. i will start here. the section of the law that deals with sequestration is one page long. this is one text. it is one page. it is very dense and does a lot of tricky things. there are three things this lot changed about sequest
jersey. next, a look at the impact of the so-called fiscal cliff legislation on the remainder of the 2013 defense department budget. from the center for strategic and budget torrey assessments, this is just over one hour. >> good morning, everyone. i am todd harrison. thank you for coming out this morning. the background we are releasing this morning is, what the fiscal clift deal means for defense. at what i will cover today is pretty dense material. i will acknowledge that first. i will...
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americans by and large, whether it's in arizona, new york, new jersey, florida, americans don't do the farm work. and so we need them. you have to please let me finish. and so we need workers like that. but i think we are all united in the view that immigration is good for america. and good for employment. and good for a growing economy. and to have people who will pay taxes, who will contribute to the economic well-being is a very good thing and we aim to get it done. thank you. go ahead, john. >> just to mention one other thing about that. there are thousands of graduates with ph.d.'s, with masters degrees in technology that we want, we want to remain and work in the united states of america. >> great, thank you. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] >> yes? >> it was very important to note the difference between what the group of senators is proposing today and what was in that 29-page blueprint on the white house website and that is that the groups -- [inaudible] should be conditioned on the type of border c
americans by and large, whether it's in arizona, new york, new jersey, florida, americans don't do the farm work. and so we need them. you have to please let me finish. and so we need workers like that. but i think we are all united in the view that immigration is good for america. and good for employment. and good for a growing economy. and to have people who will pay taxes, who will contribute to the economic well-being is a very good thing and we aim to get it done. thank you. go ahead,...